... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of... Outlines of Physical Geography - Página 8por George William Fitch - 1867 - 112 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Fanny Osborne - 1852 - 394 páginas
...and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes that were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which are moved... | |
| Jabez Hogg - 1854 - 550 páginas
...rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypes protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms, or tentacula, which are moved about with a rapid... | |
| George William Fitch - 1856 - 274 páginas
...navigable channel, extending the whole length of the reef, varying in depth from eighteen to forty feet. 59. The great danger of this reef arises from the...in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inche? long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of focd.... | |
| Jabez Hogg - 1856 - 530 páginas
...rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polyps protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms, or tentacles, which are moved about with a rapid... | |
| Henry Theodore Cheever - 1856 - 372 páginas
...themselves from holes on the surface, which were before quite invisible. " These animals (he says) are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which... | |
| George William Fitch - 1856 - 280 páginas
...surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes1, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time...motion. 62. " The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo (on Island in the Pacific east of China), was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches... | |
| Jabez Hogg - 1858 - 644 páginas
...rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypes protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacles, which are moved about with a rapid... | |
| William Chambers - 1859 - 234 páginas
...rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypi protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacula, which are moved about with a rapid... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 páginas
...around Loo Choo, where the zoophytes belonging to the genera Astrea are most common, who remarks : " The examination of a coral reef, during the different...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo Choo was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches... | |
| James Montgomery - 1860 - 414 páginas
...and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with anus from four to six inches long, which are moved... | |
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